five strategies for busy families to stay healthy
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Five Strategies for busy families …………
……to stay healthy
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Why Encourage Health?
Live longer and feel better
Avoid disease and lower medical costs
For you and your family
Look and feel better
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Strategy # 1Make the healthy choice the easy
choice
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Strategy # 2PORTION CONTROL
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WHAT YOU SHOULD DRINKMORE or LESS
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Strategy # 3….in this case two is better than one! Shop, cook, eat, play, be active TOGETHER!
..unless it is a smart phone / tablet then
ZERO
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Forsyth Park Farmers Market
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Strategy # 4 >> 30 is better than two
Thirty minutes of activity every day!
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Strategy # 5>> set the example
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HOW to set yourself up for success
– Follow this family recipe EAT FOOD – MOSTLY PLANTS NOT SO MUCH (RULE # 1)30 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY DAILYKEEP A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND LAUGHTER IN YOUR HEART
– RULE # 64 – Break the rules once in a while!
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ACTION ITEMS • Write down two things on a piece of paper
1. Of what you read today – take just one thing and just do it – for the next month
2. What ‘green space’ is a 10 – 15 minute walk/bike ride near your home or work? Walk or bike to it within the next week!
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